Step 1 Discussion

Let's discuss the following questions:

What should you pay attention to when you go school by bike?

What do you need to do to avoid accidents on your way to school on foot?

If you are a bus driver, what do you think you should or shouldn't do when you drive students to their school?

What are the possible reasons for the traffic accident? What do you think should be done to avoid a traffic accident?

Traffic Accidents and Road Safety

From the title, what information do you think the reading passage will give us?

the causes of traffic accidents and how to be safe on the road

Read the article carefully and find answers to first four questions in Part B.

1 What are some of the causes of traffic accidents involving vehicles?

2 How do accidents involving bicycles happen?

3 If you are cycling at night, what should you always do?

4 What should all pedestrians do?

Step 2 Reading and answering

Read the article again and complete the following notes:

In order to prevent accidents, drivers should

___________________________________ ;

( pay attention to the surrounding traffic)

___________________________________;

(be patient in a traffic jam)

___________________________________;

(not speak on a mobile phone)

___________________________________;

(not drink alcohol)

___________________________________;

(not drive too fast)

In order to prevent accidents, cyclists should

_______________________________;

(always obey traffic laws)

_______________________________;

(pay attention to the cars that surround them)_______________________________;

(not carry a passenger)

_______________________________;

(have a light on the bicycle at night)

_______________________________;

(keep the bicycle in good condition)

Exercises in class

Complete the sentences with proper words or phrases from the article on pages 62-63 of your book. Change the form where necessary.

1.There were 39, 000 new cases last year - an ____________ of 7 per cent.

2.He is still standing under the tree, not____________ the danger.

3.My father was ____________ for dangerous driving yesterday.

4.He has been ____________ from his job for

dishonesty.